Take 2024 Seriously

Created
Tue, 26/03/2024 - 01:32
Updated
Tue, 26/03/2024 - 01:32
No ordinary election, a plebiscite Sunday is not one of our heaviest traffic days at ye olde blog. For any readers who missed Digby’s repost of Brynn Tannehill’s long Twitter thread (sorry/not-sorry, Elon) about what another Trump presidency would mean, take a gulp of strong coffee and go read it. Take the warning seriously. Seen in one place, the detailed string of changes Trump, his MAGA followers, his oligarch backers, and Christian nationalist organizations behind Project 2025 mean to enact to remake this republic into something more resembling Hungary, if not Russia, shook me up. It’s like a murder of a country or a democracy: we see that they have the motive (Christian Nationalist vision for the US requires that democracy die), the means (replacing everyone + Insurrection Act + ignoring the courts), & the opportunity (amoral Trump as President)  We have intent, and boy howdy have they telegraphed this one. Between Project 2025, Claremont, and Trump’s statements about how he will use the DoJ and DoD clearly show that he’s comfortable using these tools to achieve his goal of creating an effective dictatorship.   I immediately called a neighbor who excels in door-to-door canvassing to ask about his recent experiences with voters. He was in international development before retirement and finds engaging with new people not at all intimidating. Granted, this city is pretty blue. Yours may be less so. Overwhelmingly great response from prospective voters ahead of the primary. The state just yesterday posted data from March 5 for…